Chelonaplysilla violacea

(Lendenfeld, 1883) · species

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Animalia/Porifera/Demospongiae/Dendroceratida/Darwinellidae/Chelonaplysilla

At a glance

Occurrence records393

Data sources8

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Chelonaplysilla violacea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility307 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System86 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS29 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS393 records

01Narrative

Chelonaplysilla violacea is a species of sponge found mainly in New Zealand, but have been reported on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, including areas such as the Indo-Pacific, the United Arab Emirates, the Persian Gulf, Australia, and Hawaii. The color of the species is a reddish-mauve, their surface is opaque, membranous, and optically smooth, and their texture is slimy, soft, and compressible, with horny fibers protruding.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonesessile

Other traits2

Depth max25 m

Depth min1 m

03Chemical composition29 compounds

Compounds documented for Chelonaplysilla violacea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Spongiane diterpenoids11

Spirodioxynaphthalenes6

Isoflavones5

Flavanones1

Norpimarane and Norisopimarane diterpenoids1

Documented compounds29 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1S,3R,4R,9R,12R)-3-hydroxy-9-methyl-7-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]-2,11-dioxatricyclo[6.3.1.04,12]dodec-7-en-10-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,3S,4R,9R,12R)-3-methoxy-9-methyl-7-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]-2,11-dioxatricyclo[6.3.1.04,12]dodec-7-en-10-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,4R,9R,12R)-9-methyl-7-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]-2,11-dioxatricyclo[6.3.1.04,12]dodec-7-en-10-one	present	LOTUS
(2R)-2-[(3R,3aR,7aR)-3-methoxy-1-oxo-5-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]-3a,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-3H-2-benzofuran-4-yl]propanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R)-2-[(3R,3aR,7aR)-3-methoxy-5-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]-1,3,3a,6,7,7a-hexahydro-2-benzofuran-4-yl]propanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R)-2-[(5S)-5-(formyloxymethyl)-6-oxo-2-[(1S)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexyl]cyclohexen-1-yl]propanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S)-5-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-8,8-dimethyl-6-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-2,3-dihydropyrano[2,3-h]chromen-4-one	present	NPASS
2'-Hydroxygenistein	present	NPASS
3,5,7-trihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	present	NPASS
6-(1,1-Dimethylallyl)genistein	present	NPASS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type393 records

Wild obs. + sensor246

Museum / vouchered127

Other20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO832 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit27

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 10 m · max 55 m · 27 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 95≤1 km 74≤10 km 15

184 georeferenced · 62 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor246

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 66≤1 km 29≤10 km 6

101 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence127

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	29
Sydney, AU	21
Natick, US	19
Honolulu, US	6
Puerto Ayora, EC	3
Auckland, NZ	3
Earth Sciences New Zealandlocation not on record	2
WoRMS Editorial Boardlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 84 of 127 vouchered records shown

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